Helen Dragas

12 commentsJust when you think the bad publicity that has plagued UVA since the "unpleasantness" of last summer couldn't possibly continue, up pops a front page story in the Washington Post exposing lingering...

74 commentsHas there ever been a University of Virginia rector as reviled as Helen Dragas, the woman who united students, faculty, and alums in calling for her head following her failed ouster of President...

73 commentsHaving been a neutral observer to the “Sullivan Spectacle,” I would ask objective parties to note the following, all of which have been reported individually, but not collectively:•The Board of...

80 commentsHelen Dragas has a new headache.
Despite telling the group that accredits the University of Virginia that all governance issues were under control, the UVA Board of Visitors, which Dragas leads,...

75 commentsAfter a student protest of its Board of Visitors was quashed last week, people across America are wondering what the heck is wrong with the University of Virginia.
Related:
Transparency now:...

118 commentsA group of University of Virginia undergraduates, graduate students, and a few faculty members, marched across Grounds today to a meeting of the Board of Visitors at the Harrison Institute to demand...

1 commentsA business executive with longtime ties to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia has been tapped as the University's new chief operating officer. The announcement of the replacement for...

70 commentsLike a playwright struggling to finish a satisfying final act with characters who refuse to cooperate, State legislators, UVA faculty, and local citizens gathered at a "town hall" meeting at the UVA...

74 commentsHelen Dragas hasn't backed off the Board of Visitors, but she has backed out of purchasing an Albemarle estate that had been providing a home away from home in the bucolic serenity of rural Albemarle...

97 commentsBy Peter Gunter
Three months after Teresa Sullivan was fired and rehired as President of the University of Virginia, concerned people are still searching for an explanation to what seemed like a rash...

23 commentsAfter some particularly public prodding from a well-known local couple who took matters into their own hands, the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors plans to offer its own live webcast of its...

0 commentsI am in total agreement with the issues presented in [the August 23 essay: "President Sullivan: Still getting bullied by Dragas"]. It is a fitting part of the investigative journalism the Hook's...

0 comments[Re: August 23 essay: "President Sullivan: Still getting bullied by Dragas"]:
Every word 1,000% true and a much needed article. I think you should send a copy to the Rector by registered mail.
Thank...

56 commentsAt the recent retreat of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors inside the Richmond Omni hotel, a Hook reporter approached Board member John Nau to ask about his decision to cover the costs...

55 commentsFear, distrust, sadness, anger. Welcome back to the University of Virginia.If you spent the summer on a desert island with no internet, you are in for a surprise. This isn't the same UVA you left at...

47 commentsBy J. Anderson Thomson
University of Virginia president Teresa Sullivan has broken her silence on the controversy that consumed most of June and which continues to pervade the institution. She may...

90 commentsIn a strongly-worded letter, a group of 14 prominent University of Virginia alumni are urging the Board of Visitors, a minority of whom recently engineered a temporary ouster of President Teresa...